Loki's nickname Lægjarn, where lae means 'deceit, fraud; bane', and so forth. Type of weapon The identification of the type of weapon is not in agreement among commentators and translators. The Hævateinn was interpreted to be a dart/arrow () by Árni Magnússon and A. S. Cottle in the 18th century as already noted. Whereas Finnur Jónsson glossed it as a sword, along with other editors at the beginning of early 20th century, and it was specifically claimed to be the same as the flaming sword of the giant Surtr by Henrik Schück. Or, the Hævateinn or Lævateinn was probably a magic wand crafted by Loki according to others, e.g., Albert Morey Sturtevant, and a paper on seiðr magic staffs citing Rudolf Simek. Henry Adams Bellows glossed Lævateinn as meaning 'wounding wand', but rejected identification with the or "mistletoe with which Baldr was killed". To complicate matters, the argument is also made by e.g. Lee M. Hollander that although Lævateinn is literally renderable as a "Wand-of-Destruction", it is etymologically considered to be a kenning for a sword. In Adolfo Zavaroni and Reggio Emilia's conception of the poem, Lævateinn is a cudgel ("Evilcudgel"), while it is Viðofnir who owns a collection of rods (divining rods) whereamong he maintains his sickle. In fact, the word völr in the text literally means "rounded rods", although translators have figuratively interpreted the word to be the rooster's plumage. Explanatory notes References Citations Bibliography (texts and translations) (secondary sources) Mythological Norse weapons Mythological swords Loki Wands